People v. Williams

New York Court of Appeals
People v. Williams, 83 N.E.2d 698 (N.Y. 1949)
298 N.Y. 803
Loughran, Lewis, Conway, Desmond, Dye, Fuld

People v. Williams

Opinion of the Court

Judgment of conviction affirmed. Upon this appeal there was presented and necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: the defendant argued that his conviction violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States in that the sentence of death was *804 based upon information supplied by witnesses with, whom the accused had not been confronted and as to whom he had no opportunity for cross-examination or rebuttal; this court held that the sentence aforesaid did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. No opinion.

Concur: LoughraN, Ch. J., Lewis, CoNway, DesmoND, Dye and Fuld, JJ.

Reference

Full Case Name
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Samuel T. Williams, Appellant
Cited By
31 cases
Status
Published